| This research project examines person-organization, person-team, and person-job fit from the applicant s perspective during organizational selection and pre-entry socialization procedures. Utilizing a combination of laboratory experimental and naturalistic field study methods, the former will be used initially to test key theoretical propositions under controlled conditions, subsequently the latter will be used to validate findings under ecologically realistic conditions of graduate employee selection. A novel contribution will be the integration and synergy of literatures in person-environment fit and employee selection. The project aims to examine: (1) the content and antecedents of people s fit focus, i.e. their attention to and perception of environmental cues, and (2) how organizational selection and pre-entry socialization procedures impacts upon people s perception of their prospective person-job, person-team, and person-organization fit. |
